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Collaborative Environmental Problem-Solving in Western Communities
Engage in collaborative decision-making to balance resource use, wildlife conservation, economic needs, and public land access.
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Human-Environment Interaction, Migration, and Settlement in Wyoming
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Analyze how physical geography, natural resources, and demographics shape human settlement patterns, tribal lands, and environmental change across Wyoming and the American West.
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Learning standards covered
SS8.5.2Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze and evaluate how physical features and changes influenced historical events (e.g., route of Union Pacific Railroad, location of Wind River Indian Reservation, state and national monuments and parks) and participate in collaborative problem solving and decision making in the selection of professional and personal choices.
SS8.5.4Wyoming Social Studies Standards · 5th GradeAnalyze the changes to and consequences of human, natural, and technological impacts on the physical environment.